Improvement in wash-boards



J. M. eoRHAM.

WASI-I BOARDS.

No. 190,309. A Patented Mayl, 1877.

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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. GOEHAM, 0E CLEVELAND, oHIo.

IMPROVEMENT |N` WASH-BOARDS.

Specification forming part ofvLetters Patent No. 190,309, dated May 1, 1877; application filed Y January 5, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. GonHAM, of' Glevelandin the county otCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wash-Boards and Wash- Board Plates, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it' pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification My invention relates t'o wash-boards and wash-board plates, and consists in forming the latter from noduled embossed plates, as will hereinafter more fully appear and be claimed.

The drawing represents a corrugated and embossed wasn-board plate, made according to my invention, with what I call a morocco finish, the latter being a surface irregularly noduled, the grooves or gutters between said nodules being represented by lines in the figure.

The drawing thus shows my invention,

-which consists, as heretofore stated, of form By this invention is produced not only a wash-board ot' peculiar appearance, such as will be readily distinguished in the market from other wash-boards, but I consider that the noduled surface is more effective than 'a plain surface as an operative wash-board, especially in cleansing delicate fabrics liable to be injured by the friction and movement necessary to cleanse them upon wash-boards of the ordinary type.

Inra wash-board, constructed as above shown, slight rubbing in any direction upon it will effect cleansing. Another object attained by my invention is that the board retains the Water and suds much better than if the surface were plain or plainly corrugated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A Wash-board plate having the ordinary main crimps, and an irregularly-noduled or morocco-finished surface, substantially as described.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN M. GORHAM. Witnesses:

FRANCIS ToUMEY, EDWARD WALSH. 

